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"Every generation needs to know or believe that the world can be a better place, claims a character in Krzysztof Kieslowskis examination of will, destiny, and chance, a fascinating precursor to the concerns of his Three Colors trilogy and a biting condemnation of the complex choices (or lack thereof) of individuals in a totalitarian regime. Made during the beginning of the Solidarity period in Poland but banned after the declaration of martial law, Blind Chance is a trilogy-in-one, following three possible life paths of its main character. In one, he becomes a Party member, but his youthful idealism is quickly co-opted by the state. In the second, he instead joins a dissident movement, and in the third he decides not to be involved in either. Highlighting the interconnected nature of fate, secondary characters from one segment turn up in another, while the ending unites them in a final tragedy.